Anderston railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Anderston
code = AND


caption = Platforms at Anderston
manager = First ScotRail
locale = Anderston
borough = Glasgow
lowusage0203 = 163.967
lowusage0405 = 240,667
lowusage0506 = 340,728
lowusage0607 = 381,946
pte = SPT
platforms = 2
original = Glasgow Central Railway
pregroup = Caledonian Railway
years = 10 August 1896
events = Station opened as Anderston Cross
years1 = 3 August 1959
events1 = Station closed
years2 = 1968
events2 = Station building demolished for Kingston Bridge construction
years3 = 5 November 1979
events3 = Station re-opened as Anderston

Anderston railway station serves Glasgow's Financial district of Anderston, and, across the M8 motorway, the housing schemes of Anderston West. It is a manned station with an island platform and most of it is underground.

History

The station was opened on 10 August 1896, closing on 3 August 1959. Opened by the Glasgow Central Railway, then by Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission

Reopened by the British Railways Board and Strathclyde PTE, when Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980's, the station was served by ScotRail under arrangement with the PTE until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The original building was demolished in 1968 as, like many other ornate and historical buildings in the area, it lay in the path of the M8 Motorway. The station reopened as part of the Argyle Line project on 5 November 1979 retains some of the original architecture at platform level.

Gallery

ervices

This was the terminus point for the Limited Stop service to Hamilton Central but these services now run between Dalmuir and Larkhall although they still call here. There is no Sunday service and although the platforms are lit, etc., the station doesn't open.

rail line
next = Exhibition Centre
previous = Glasgow Central (Low Level)
route =First ScotRail

Argyle Line
col=FF80C0rail line
next = Stobcross
"Line open; station open"
previous = Glasgow Central (Low Level)
"Line open; station open"
route = Caledonian Railway

Glasgow Central Railway
col = Caledonian colour
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